We've also been bitten by this. We run approximately 2000 servers (currently mostly Debian, but increasing numbers of Ubuntu Lucid). We're finding our servers hang if, for example, a SAN disk has failed, for whatever reason. Now, yes, we usually have some sort of remote console access, but it's a royal PITA to use, and if I have several hundred machines affected because of a mistake in SAN zoning or something, it's really impractical to start a console session on each server to press S. I'd be there for weeks. Of course in reality I'd just power cycle them all again.
There needs to be some sort of remote administration access using ssh or something similar, presumably started from the initrd, from which people can recover from this sort of situation. In the meantime I think I'll probably use kumy's mountall that proceeds anyway, which restores the Debian behaviour. At least then I get a booted system which I can log into and diagnose. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/571444 Title: Boot hangs and unable to continue when automount disk in fstab is not available (Off or Disconnected) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mountall/+bug/571444/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
